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Kennard Texas Map

Explore Kennard, Texas, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Kennard, Texas

How to Use This Kennard, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Kennard, Texas. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Texas or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Kennard.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Kennard
State	Texas (TX)
County	Houston County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.359626
Longitude	-95.183272
Population	272
Density	81.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	75847
Area Code	903
County Seat	Crockett
School District	Kennard Independent School District

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About Kennard, Texas

Kennard is a locality in Houston County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 272. The population density is 81.0 people per km². Kennard is located at 31.3596°N, 95.1833°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Kennard is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 75847.

Kennard anchors itself firmly upon the verdant, timbered floor of East Texas, where the horizon is defined by the dense, towering canopy of the Davy Crockett National Forest. It lies 26.8 miles west of Lufkin, TX (from Lufkin, TX: bearing 273°T), and is situated 16.4 miles east of Crockett. The land here possesses a quiet, heavy stillness, shaped by the slow, persistent moisture of Elm Creek, which winds its path through the loam just a mile from the center of activity. To the north, the elevation shifts with the subtle rise of Sugar Mounds, breaking the flatness of the piney woods into a series of shadowed, earthen contours. When the humidity breaks at twilight, the air takes on a metallic, cooling scent of damp needles and pine resin, signaling the transition of a landscape that remains indifferent to the frantic pace of the modern world.

History in Kennard remains tied to the endurance of the land and the industry of the timber trade, which has long dictated the rhythm of daily life. The presence of the Davy Crockett National Forest serves as both a buffer and a defining feature, preserving a vast, wild character that separates this locale from the sprawl of industrial corridors. Residents often traverse the nearby Ratcliff Lake Trail, finding a familiar solitude in the deep shade of hardwoods that have stood long enough to witness the changing tides of regional commerce. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured gravity, reflecting a heritage built on the extraction and stewardship of the forest, where the primary concerns remain the health of the timber and the quiet persistence of a life lived close to the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

First Baptist Church of Kennard (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 092° E
Kennard (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 075° E
Rosenwald School Historical Marker (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 056° NE
Davy Crockett National Forest (National Forest) — 0.3 mi, 357° N · 161k acres
Big Slough Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.5 mi, 029° NE · 3,521 acres
Boggy Slough (Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 076° E
Mission Tejas State Park (State Park) — 12.8 mi, 346° N
Houston County Museum and Visitors Center (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 258° W
Alabama Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.0 mi, 134° SE
Alazan Bayou Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 23.1 mi, 068° E
Angelina National Forest (National Forest) — 24.4 mi, 070° E · 154k acres
Naranjo Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 103° E
Angelina College Roadrunner (Public Artwork) — 27.2 mi, 100° E
Carmike Cinema Lufkin Mall 9 (Cinema) — 27.3 mi, 097° E
Norman Memorial Museum (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 004° N
Rusk / Palestine State Park (State Park) — 30.3 mi, 360° N
St Andrews Church (Historic Ruins) — 30.9 mi, 295° NW
Neches River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.4 mi, 337° NW · 16k acres
Myrtle Springs School (Historic Ruins) — 32.7 mi, 298° NW
Cole Art Center at The Old Opera House (Gallery) — 35.4 mi, 061° NE
Howard House Museum (Museum) — 38.5 mi, 318° NW
Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari (Attraction) — 39.3 mi, 012° N
Fairy Garden Trail (Attraction) — 40.1 mi, 318° NW
McDonald Museum (Museum) — 40.2 mi, 332° NW
Upland Island Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 49.4 mi, 109° E · 13k acres
Big Thicket National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 53.3 mi, 148° SE · 109k acres
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 59.1 mi, 300° NW
Carmike Cinemas (Cinema) — 63.2 mi, 353° N
Cowan Center (Theatre) — 66.4 mi, 357° N
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 67.7 mi, 165° S · 58k acres

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